Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?

Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization
massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery.
Gobekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe

The name Gobekli Tepe means "belly hill" in Turkish.

Gobekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe
Gobekli Tepe

Carved vulture with a scorpion. Some peoples have revered vultures for carrying the flesh of the dead to the heavens.

Gobekli Tepe
A carved fox in Gobekli Tepe.
Gobekli Tepe

Prehistoric masons built the ringed monuments atop one another and buried them forming a hill.

Map of Gobekli Tepe
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